The 3,200 square foot addition will expand instructional space as well as the manufacturing lab. The Career Center is part of a $15 million RAMTEC Straight A grant recipient. The $1.5 million that CVCC received as its portion is being combined with local funds to build a world-class training facility in the arena of advanced manufacturing. Renovations are expected to be completed in time for students to attend in the fall with January 2016 scheduled for the grand opening.

“We see this as an essential component of our schools and the value of career and technical education at CVCC,” said CVCC Superintendent Dr. Celena Roebuck. ”What a great way for our students to build talent and resumes all at once…and still in high school!”

“I am pleased Cuyahoga Valley Career Center is expanding to help further educate students in one of today’s fastest growing fields,” said Rep. Anielski. “The innovation economy of the future will challenge today’s students to pursue more specialized education and help to create some of the best and brightest minds in the robotic and manufacturing fields.”

During this winter season, several specialized committees—task forces created by the Speaker of the House—have been meeting across Ohio to address specific policy areas. These task forces focus on Ohio’s most pressing issues, including the heroin and opioid crisis, energy policy, Alzheimer’s and dementia, education and poverty, and BRAC and military affairs. As the committees wrap up their research, I wanted to give you an update on the work they’ve been doing.

State Representative Marlene Anielski (R-Walton Hills) was sworn in yesterday as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 132nd General Assembly. She represents the 6th Ohio House District, which includes the south-east portion of Cuyahoga County, for a fourth term.

During a press conference at the Statehouse this afternoon, State Representative Marlene Anielski (R-Walton Hills) joined other public leaders in highlighting the state’s efforts in recent years to increase awareness and access to suicide prevention programs. She also discussed newly introduced legislation designed to help school districts and private schools across Ohio provide counseling to students in need of emotional support.